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Making Life Better

July 6, 2024

Those passionate about improving things but without the wit to do it are the most dangerous humans on the planet. One sees this everywhere. Its most virulent form is the complex system. Solitary pursuits are the least affected. Those most committed to improving whatever slice of life has seized their attention invariably turn to the […]

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Dietary Salt Reduction and Cardiovascular Disease

February 12, 2010

A paper in the New England Journal of Medicine, Projected Effect of Dietary Salt Reductions on Future Cardiovascular Disease, concludes that “Modest reductions in dietary salt could substantially reduce cardiovascular events and medical costs and should be a public health target.” This conclusion is based on the use of a very complicated computer model of […]

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The Making of a Doctor

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Medicine & Opera — Comments and Reviews of Opera, Music, and Medicine

Medicine & Opera is Neil Kurtzman’s blog: opera and concert reviews, singers and composers, and commentary on medicine and science, from a physician who has also lectured and written extensively on opera. More than 1700 articles since December 2007. Browse the full archive.

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Neil Kurtzman

Neil Kurtzman

Physician. Professor. Writer.

Neil A Kurtzman MD is the Grover E Murray Professor Emeritus and University Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Department of Internal Medicine at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center in Lubbock. He has combined careers in clinical medicine, education, basic research, and administration for more than 40 years.

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Opera, music, and medicine.

Medicine & Opera is Neil Kurtzman’s comments and reviews of opera, music, and medicine — more than 1700 articles since December 2007.

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